Your request for m ~pirlon 02 the Sollo~iiq questlcns:

*Are the rO5s'paid *y thz 3. 3. Eureru the Census r0r these ~trmscripts, is338d undar thl? excegt@z to Seotion 21, S.zes OS Off.l03?

Can the 5t3te ~e&G-mw, r,spointe~ under the euthorizstion of Sect& 4 of this Act, accept t&e opgointxnt as

*Specicl *,eCt' oi t&c curem OS the CCR-. sus ard bat at disbursln,r ecant in hxd- ling tkese~ Sees?"

ecr1g.s OS crrtdfied copies births end-de&hs Yiithout payment of the fm herein grescribcd."

Th9 33zkers of tho Lc~:slature izitezidea thst the G. S. Zsosus Zursuu &xuld h?ve eocees to the re- cords of th8 Be&xtrer of Fital Stztiltks &hC obtsin, - v;ithout expemo to the State, tr~msori?ts of births end deaths if tpey so desired. i%s3v~r, if the -9qistrcr 0~3t~.~OtOa with the Euze2u of the or ‘Jitm2 3xAehxl Census to furnish the CrarsarLpts, it nppe?m to us that yS to Ntill the co3tzsct ::0tia re::uim et 1eost so28 atfort end ~023 of ths ti.z.3 of tb3 %,-istmr. Ths ti=le'reqdreZ OS the -?a.@trer a& any eea:rJent be- 1011&g to the St&e cf Texzs, used in. tiie prep2rition of the trxziaripts, xuld constitute eq-ense to t&e Stat8 of Teus. .

The canponsztion recefvc5 frc!a t3e ~Ruxxu of the Census forthc tronsar@tioz of births sna deaths, ia our o~fnioa, XOtid b3 fCSS Of Ofr'iC8.

Your sowna quest ion arisa3 bocmsa of Lrti- cl.8 16, Section 33 of the Corxtitution of Texes, v:hich reads SS follolvs:

-The eccountin~ ofiiczrs of this 3tat.e shrill neither dzx3 nor zfy o mrrznt upon the trsazury 3.12 favor oi my person, for salary or coqensation es agent, officer or appointee, -..ho holds et the szlre tk2.e my other office or pooitior? of honor, trust or profit, under thfo stete or the Unite3 SC,z:tes, exce_ot es pre- scrii%ed in this Conetit%tioz. zrov7faea, that this restrictdo as to the OrY**iinC and pnyin3 of rarxntn upon tke tremury shell not qply to officers of the Zktioml Cu=rd of Texze, the 'E!i~ticnul Cuzrd T%serve; tht! Qfi'ictrs Ze- sew6 Corps dr tiha Cr.ited States, nor to ex- listed z~en of theXet:oml 023rd, the 22timal 6uera ?ese:ve, ana the Cr~znized 3cser*res of the Unitzd Ljt.ateo. =

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Dr. Ceo. 2. Co%, February 14, 1933, ??aEe 9

It is the oplnicn of this Gtprt=ent that t'ce State Zegistrsr cannot accept the agFo13tzz-at of : %pcaial Age&,* oP the Eu~zsu ol Ceuaua -.kile ho is

actTnC 9s r?egistTar of the Eurezu ol Vital Statistics and is a ssloried State officer.

Youl-s very truly 2Y

. . . L!orris Zodzes AssiuLnt z!?:o% _- .

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